Daily Current Affairs: 21 January 2014

1) Indian Navy to conduct INS Arihant
sea trials in a month: In a move that will pull India a step closer to
achieving the “nuclear triad”, Indian Navy is all set to start sea trials for
its first indigenously-built nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant in few
weeks, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Rear Admiral LVS Babu said. INS Arihant's
commissioning into the Indian Navy, which is expected till the end of the year,
will gift India with the “nuclear triad”, that is the ability to retaliate to
nuclear strikes from land, air and sea-based systems.

2) Shashi Tharoor among 13 spokespersons
chosen by Congress: In the run-up to 2014 General Elections, Union
ministers P Chidambaram, Salman Khurshid, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma and
AICC general secretary Mukul Wasnik have been named as senior Congress spokespersons.
Shashi Tharoor, Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Jyotiraditya Scindia are among 13
spokespersons chosen by the party.

3) Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal calls off
agitation: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday evening called
off his street-side agitation after getting a face-saver solution from the
Centre for his demand seeking punitive action against the Delhi Police, capping
a day-and-a-half long drama that saw his Aam Aadmi Party haemorrhage support
amid attacks from many quarters for its conduct.

4) Novak Djokovic knocked out by
Stanislas Wawrinka in Australian Open: Stanislas Wawrinka upsets Novak
Djokovic 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 9-7 in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open
to reach his second straight semi-final. The loss ends a 28-match Djokovic win
streak which stretches back to a US Open finals loss in early September to
Rafael Nadal.

5) Amul launched India’s first ‘milk
ATM’: Automatic teller machines not
only dispense money, ATM-like machines also vend other products such as chocolates
and soft drinks. But Amul has gone a step further: it will now sell milk
through “Any Time Milk” vending machines. The pilot project of this 24x7 ATM
began with the installation of a vending machine at the gate of Amul Dairy in
Anand town of Gujarat on Sunday.

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1) Indian Navy to conduct INS Arihant sea trials in a month : In a move that will pull India a step closer to achieving the “nuclear triad...